a Pilot Study of Pramipexole to Treat Extrapyramidal Symptoms Induced by Antipsychotics

June 24, 2022 updated by: Wenjuan YU, Shanghai Mental Health Center

This study is a pilot phased interventional clinical trial . The first stage will recruit 10 patients with antipsychotic induced extrapyramidal symptoms.The patients will take pramipexole for 8 weeks. The inital dose of pramipexole will be 0.375 mg/d, and the adjustment of drug dose will be depended on the the doctor's decision and patients' condition.

The second stage was a randomized, rater blindness and Antan controlled clinical study. Researchers will recruit another 40 patients with extrapyramidal symptoms (tradive dyskinesia will be excluded). The patients will randomly be divided into artane group or pramipexole group, and the efficacy and safety condition of pramipexole and artane for different kinds of EPS will be compared. The pramipexole group will have 20 cases, and 20 cases of artane group. The dose of pramipexole group group range from 0.375mg/d to 0.75mg/d dose .The dose of artane range from 2 mg/d to 4 mg/d,.The accurate drug doses can be adjusted by the doctor according to the patients' condition .

Researchers will evualate patients' symptom at baseline, after three days' of baseline, 2 weeks,4 weeks, 6 weeks and 8 weeks. The Simpson-Angus Scale(SAS) 、Barnes Akathisia Rating Scale(BARS),Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS), Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale(PANSS), Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia(CDSS), Clinical Global Impression-severity of Illness Scale(CGI-S) will be evualated by the trained raters indicated as the drug's efficacy of the extrapyramidal symptoms and schizophrenia .The adverse events, laboratory parameters, vital signs, ECG will be recorded as the safety indicators of the study drugs.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

50

Phase

  • Early Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • Shanghai
      • Shanghai, Shanghai, China, 200030
        • Shanghai Mental Health Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Age from 18-65 years old, male or female
  2. Subjects who met DSM-IV-TR criteria for extrapyramidal symptoms
  3. Scored 1 (mild) on at least two SAS items or 2 (moderate) on one of the items Exclusion Criteria are considered as antipsychotic induced parkinson ; Scored at least 2 (mild) on the BARS global item are considered as antipsychotic induced akathisia
  4. Written informed consent provided by legal guardians or patients
  5. Understand and voluntarily participate in this trail

Exclusion Criteria:

1 A history of severe nervous system disease or nervous system injury 2 A history of severe or unstable heart, liver, kidney, endocrine (including thyroid function), hematological (such as those with hemorrhagic tendency) condition 3 Subjects who have an imminent risk of suicideor who can be a threat to himself others which judged by investigator 4 Substance or alcohol dependence at enrolment 5 Pregnancy or lactation or willing to pregnant during the trial 6 Low compliance to the doctor 7 Subjects who can't take drug in time according to doctors' advice 8 scored (mild) on at least two AIMS items or 3 (moderate) on one of the items are considered as tardive dyskesia Withdrawl Criteria

  1. An adverse sffecr or serious adverse effect occured so that the intervention needs to be stopped
  2. Subjects with poor compliance or who didn't take drugs for 4 days
  3. Obvious plan violation ,or the safety codition and symptoms of the patients are deteriorating
  4. scored (mild) on at least two AIMS items or 3 (moderate) on one of the items are considered as tardive dyskesia
  5. Researcher's decision of the withdrawl of the subjects -

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: pramipexole
pramipexole ,flexible dose (0.375mg/d-0.75mg/d)
The dose of pramipexole range from 0.375mg/d to 0.75mg/d , The accurate dose of pramipexole can be adjusted by the patient's condition and tolerance .
Other Names:
  • SenForro
Active Comparator: Antan
Antan,flexible dose (2-4mg/d)
he dose of Antan range from 2 mg/d to 4 mg/d , The accurate dose of pramipexole can be adjusted by the patient's condition and tolerance .
Other Names:
  • Antan

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
The change of SAS BARS AIMS from baseline
Time Frame: 8 weeks
To compare the condition of the extrapyramidal symptoms between two groups
8 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
The change of PANSS CDSS CGI-S from baseline
Time Frame: 8 weeks
To compare the change of the symptoms of chziophrenia between two groups
8 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Publications and helpful links

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

May 1, 2018

Primary Completion (Actual)

October 30, 2021

Study Completion (Actual)

December 30, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 6, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 6, 2018

First Posted (Actual)

February 13, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

June 27, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 24, 2022

Last Verified

June 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 17411970300

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

Yes

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